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Oriental Pied Hornbill

Anthracoceros albirostris · Family Bucerotidae

Anthracoceros albirostris

Family Bucerotidae

Order
Bucerotiformes
Family
Bucerotidae
GBIF occurrence records
84,056
Countries and territories with records
22
Oriental Pied Hornbill
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About this species

This species has 84,056 occurrence records from 22 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (26.5%), Thailand (24.2%), Malaysia (19.9%), Singapore (15%) and Cambodia (4.1%); together they account for 89.8% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.036% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Anthracoceros albirostris combines the genus name Anthracoceros with the species epithet albirostris. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Anthracoceros; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthracoceros coronatus, Anthracoceros malayanus and Anthracoceros marchei.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 58 species of the family Bucerotidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ocyceros birostris. Its record count is 3.7 times the family average (22,815). The family Bucerotidae belongs to the order Bucerotiformes, which has 70 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Bucerotidae

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